Somerton nr. Bury St. Edmunds / Upper Somerton

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B01: symbol - shield - in a panel - cusped panel - 8?

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 14347SOM
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Margaret
Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]
Country Name: England
Location: Suffolk, East Anglia
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the B1066, 15 km SSW of Bury St. Edmunds
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, beneath the tower
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Perpendicular
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Noted in Parker (1855) as a good Perpendicular font. Noted in the Glem Valley Benefice web pages http://www.glem-valley.org.uk/benefice/somch.htm] [accessed 9 November 2009]: "The church is fortunate in still having this 16th century hexagonal stone font decorated with shields in cusped panels [...] On the floor at the base of the font is the inscription in tiles "Suffer little children to come unto me".

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

REFERENCES

Parker, John Henry, The Ecclesiastical and architectural topography of England [...] Suffolk, 1855